***Official Army - ND game thread***
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On Saturday, Notre Dame and Army will meet for the latest installment of a college football series that dates all the way back to 1913.
The 52nd all-time matchup between the Fighting Irish and Black Knights will come with the kinds of stakes that a Notre Dame-Army game hasn’t had in generations.
At 9-1, Notre Dame is No. 6 in the most recent US LBM Coaches Poll and with wins against Army and USC, coach Marcus Freeman’s team would clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff. Army, meanwhile, is one of just three undefeated FBS teams remaining heading into Week 13 of the 2024 season. The Knights, the No. 17 team in the Coaches Poll, are still in contention not only for their first undefeated season since 1958, but a playoff berth, depending on how things break elsewhere in the sport the next couple of weeks.
For the millions across the country tuning into the game, something about the matchup may seem off. The Irish and Knights won’t be facing off under the shadow of Touchdown Jesus at Notre Dame Stadium, nor will they be playing along the banks of the Hudson River at Michie Stadium in West Point.
Rather, one of the most weighty games of the 2024 season to this point will be happening on a baseball field.
As Notre Dame and Army prepare for their meeting Saturday at Yankee Stadium, here’s a look at why the game is taking place at a non-traditional venue:
Saturday’s matchup will be the third Shamrock Series game to be held at Yankee Stadium.
This one has some added meaning beyond Notre Dame and Army’s impressive records.
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of Notre Dame’s 13-7 victory against Army at the Polo Grounds in New York City on Oct. 18, 1924. The game is perhaps most famous for New York Herald-Tribune sports writer Grantland Rice’s story about the Irish’s win, which included passage about Notre Dame’s backfield of Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Elmer Layden:
"Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again,” Rice wrote, giving the storied quartet its iconic moniker. “In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.”
The significance of the game and the timing of it isn’t lost on those participating in it.
“It's an honor,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Monday at his weekly news conference. “I remember when (former athletic director) Jack Swarbrick told me that this was going to be our Shamrock Series game for this year, the first thought was, 'Navy and Army in the same year? C’mon Jack.' Then he told me why. And Jack was just such an innovative mind, he never wanted to have a Shamrock Series game just to have it. He said what better opportunity than to have a Shamrock Series game in New York City versus Army 100 years later after the Four Horsemen were named. And I think it's a great opportunity.”
The 52nd all-time matchup between the Fighting Irish and Black Knights will come with the kinds of stakes that a Notre Dame-Army game hasn’t had in generations.
At 9-1, Notre Dame is No. 6 in the most recent US LBM Coaches Poll and with wins against Army and USC, coach Marcus Freeman’s team would clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff. Army, meanwhile, is one of just three undefeated FBS teams remaining heading into Week 13 of the 2024 season. The Knights, the No. 17 team in the Coaches Poll, are still in contention not only for their first undefeated season since 1958, but a playoff berth, depending on how things break elsewhere in the sport the next couple of weeks.
For the millions across the country tuning into the game, something about the matchup may seem off. The Irish and Knights won’t be facing off under the shadow of Touchdown Jesus at Notre Dame Stadium, nor will they be playing along the banks of the Hudson River at Michie Stadium in West Point.
Rather, one of the most weighty games of the 2024 season to this point will be happening on a baseball field.
As Notre Dame and Army prepare for their meeting Saturday at Yankee Stadium, here’s a look at why the game is taking place at a non-traditional venue:
Why are Notre Dame and Army playing at Yankee Stadium?
Saturday’s game between the Irish and Black Knights is at Yankee Stadium as part of Notre Dame’s Shamrock Series, a tradition that started in 2009 and has Notre Dame play in neutral-site games in various major metropolitan areas across the country.Saturday’s matchup will be the third Shamrock Series game to be held at Yankee Stadium.
This one has some added meaning beyond Notre Dame and Army’s impressive records.
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of Notre Dame’s 13-7 victory against Army at the Polo Grounds in New York City on Oct. 18, 1924. The game is perhaps most famous for New York Herald-Tribune sports writer Grantland Rice’s story about the Irish’s win, which included passage about Notre Dame’s backfield of Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Elmer Layden:
"Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again,” Rice wrote, giving the storied quartet its iconic moniker. “In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.”
The significance of the game and the timing of it isn’t lost on those participating in it.
“It's an honor,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Monday at his weekly news conference. “I remember when (former athletic director) Jack Swarbrick told me that this was going to be our Shamrock Series game for this year, the first thought was, 'Navy and Army in the same year? C’mon Jack.' Then he told me why. And Jack was just such an innovative mind, he never wanted to have a Shamrock Series game just to have it. He said what better opportunity than to have a Shamrock Series game in New York City versus Army 100 years later after the Four Horsemen were named. And I think it's a great opportunity.”
There are few things that would make me happier this weekend than an Army win over ND
Not backing down, but they have no answer for the ND offense. Feels like a victory if they force a 3rd down.
Dumb to run up the middle 4 straight times
Midway through the 2nd quarter, Army attempted their first pass of the game. And it was a completion!
Passing Yards
ARMY
ND
Rushing Yards
ARMY
ND
ARMY
B. Daily
1/2, 2 YDSND
R. Leonard
7/7, 87 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
ARMY
B. Daily
13 CAR, 42 YDS, 1 TDND
J. Love
6 CAR, 62 YDS, 1 TD
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